beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
with a momentary flash of light
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
study; pursuit of knowledge
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to subsist; to keep on living
depravity; corruption; degradation
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
common knowledge; well-known fact
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
carbine (short gun used by cavalry)
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter